Group Pushes To Make Purchasing Guns In Private Sales More Difficult For Criminals

The group "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America," is pushing for laws that make it harder for criminals to buy firearms from law-abiding gun owners. During a rally in Phoenix this weekend, Arizona chapter leader Kara Pelletier called for stepped up laws to keep guns away from domestic violence abusers.

“In Arizona, we don’t have universal background checks,” Pelletier said. “Private sales and the gun show loophole allow violent abusers, known violent abusers, to continue to have access to firearms.”

Pelletier believes buying guns in the United States is too easy. She says it should be extremely difficult for criminals to buy guns from law-abiding gun owners.

Friday at 7 p.m.

We remember Grant Tinker, who died last month at 90. He founded MTM productions with his then-wife Mary Tyler Moore and produced her hit TV show. Later as chairman of NBC, Tinker oversaw the hit shows Cheers, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere.

For questions or comments about this website, please contact the KJZZ webmaster. For general comments or questions see the Contact KJZZ page for a listing of contacts by topic.Please note: Station policy mandates that listeners who win on-air giveaways on this station are not eligible to win again for 30 days.

Email regarding NPR's coverage, ethics, and funding can be sent to the NPR Ombudsman, who maintains an informative web page. For comments or concerns regarding NPR programs, listeners with a general inquiry may send an email to nprhelp@npr.org